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bust out; bust-out
verb- to take over a legitimate business, exploit its credit to the maximum, and then liquidate all assets US, 1962
- “The whole idea behind buying and fixing this place up was to burn it down and bust it out.” — Vincent Teresa, My Life in the Mafia, p. 101, 1973
- And, finally, when there’s nothing left, when you can’t borrow another buck from the bank or buy another case of booze, you bust the joint out. — Goodfellas, 1990
- in a dice cheating scheme, to remove altered dice from a game and reintroduce the legitimate dice US
- — John S. Salak, Dictionary of Gambling, p. 35, 1963
- an escape from confinement US
- “A bust-out! They take the deputy an’ one of the doctors.” — Donald Wilson, My Six Convicts, p. 296, 1951
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